California Tribal Emergency Response & Relief Agency

our mission

California Tribal Emergency Response & Relief Agency, also known as CAL TERRA, is a professional organization dedicated to providing outstanding service. By providing a safe environment for people to live, work and play on Turtle Island, North America, by providing a quality response in: fire prevention and protection, law enforcement services and support, and EMS; all the while maintaining a level of training to provide the best assistance to Tribal and non-Tribal peoples alike.

Administration

Chief Officer Of Emergency Management

M. Youngblood Konkle

Chief Administrative Officer

Denise Raach Doyle

Chief Human Resources Officer

Katina P. Mamigonian

State Commander

Christopher Hulsey

Director of Grant Management & I.T.

Verles Page

Director of Training

Sharalyn Gini

Division Chiefs

EMS & SAR Chief/ Veteran Liaison

John Murdock

Law Enforcement Chief

Louie Torres

Agency Announcements

NEW INFORMATION!

Environmental Emergency Disaster Training

Hello,

Currently CAL TERRA collaborated with other entities and finalized a comprehensive training delivered over 3 days in response to the COVID 19 outbreak in our communities. We are utilizing best practices in our training delivery to keep social distancing guidelines while still providing world class training. Our training division has been trained in Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) by the Center for Domestic Preparedness, CDP; Environmental Health Training Emergency Response (EHTER OPS) by the CDP and State of California; HAZWOPER; CPR/First Aid; Blood Borne Pathogens; Respiratory Protection (RP) by the CDP; Law Enforcement Response Actions (LERA) by the CDP; HAZCOM/GHS; and decontamination techniques as taught by CTOSNNSA, CDP, and FEMA.

The above training will be conducted in person and via web based interactive instruction.

Not only is it applicable during this COVID 19 pandemic, these same trainings are extremely valuable and needed during fire cleanup as demonstrated during the past 4 years in the Northern California fires: Camp Fire, Tubbs Fire, Coffey Park Fire, etc...

Funds for this training are available to all Tribes under the recently signed CARES ACT, with 8 billion dollars being dispersed to the Tribes by April 26, 2020.

If your Tribal Nation, organization, or business would like to book this training contact CAL TERRA at Kmamigonian@calterra.org

Training dates will start May 4th, 2020.

Thank you and stay safe,

M. Youngblood Konkle.

UPCOMING MEETING

Like many of you, we are following the updates about COVID-19. Your well-being has always been a top priority for us at CAL TERRA, and we want to be open and transparent about the additional precautions we are taking to protect all of our volunteers. With that being said, all CAL TERRA meetings will be put on hold until further notice. Command Staff will meet virtually in order to keep operations flowing smoothly.

We highly encourage all volunteers to follow the best practices listed below to help keep yourself and others healthy.

Wash or sanitize your hands often, preferably with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds

Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands

Stay home if you are feeling unwell, have a fever, or are experiencing shortness of breath

Cover all coughs or sneezes with a tissue and discard the tissue appropriately

Please feel free to avoid participating in person-to-person contact, such as high fives or fist bumps, with staff or other members, if you so choose

Feel free to bring your own disinfectant wipes with you, if you so choose

We are closely monitoring updates from the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization regarding COVID-19 and we are committed to maintaining a healthy and safe environment for our volunteers.

Thank you for assisting us in achieving this goal, and we look forward to seeing you for our next staff meeting.

About Us

FORMED IN OCTOBER 2011

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

Formed out of a lack of training and qualified departments to provide assistance to numerous Tribal communities. CAL TERRA provides assistance and mutual aid to Tribal and non-Tribal entities.

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, EMS, and USAR

TRAINED FOR ALL HAZARDS RESPONSE

EXPERIENCE IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

CBRNE

Chemical

Biological

Radiological

Nuclear

Explosives

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

FEMA CERTIFIED & EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

FEMA CERTIFIED & EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors have years of real-life experience in their respective fields.

PRO BOARD CERTIFIED PERSONNEL

RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM TRAINED

FEMA CERTIFIED & EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS

We are currently moving towards PROBOARD Certification for the entire department.